verb · transitive · rare

chloroform

chlo·ro·form

chloroform · chloroforms · chloroformed · chloroforming

To treat, or to render unconscious, with chloroformTo treat, or to render unconscious, with chloroform.

/ˈklɒɹə(ʊ)ˌfɔː(ɹ)m/

» Sami knew how to make chloroform.

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Meaning

1 senses

To treat, or to render unconscious, with chloroform.
anesthetize with chloroform

Examples

2 sentences

Sami knew how to make chloroform.
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Hey, my friend and I are trying to settle a bet. Does this smell like chloroform?
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Origin

Borrowed from French chloroforme, portmanteau of terchloride (tertiary chloride, trichlori

Borrowed from French chloroforme, portmanteau of terchloride (tertiary chloride, trichloride) and formyle (CH, an obsolete radical of formic acid) by Jean-Baptiste Dumas, from 1834. By surface analysis, chloro- + -form.

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Forms

chloroforms, chloroforming, chloroformed, chloroformed

Base form	chloroform · to chloroform
3rd person singular	chloroforms
Present participle	chloroforming
Past simple	chloroformed
Past participle	chloroformed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	chloroform
he, she, it	chloroforms

Past simpleLesson

all persons

chloroformed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have chloroformed
he, she, it	has chloroformed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will chloroform

Word family

Derivedunchloroformed

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle